He started his journalism career in 1992 as a freelance writer for Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest daily national newspaper and soon specialised in air transport. Jens joined Aviation Week and Aviation Daily in 2000 as one of the European correspondents. Later his role was expanded to cover international air transport. In 2013 he was named Managing Editor Commercial.
Jens frequently appears on radio and TV to comment on industry matters. In 2003, he received the Hugo Junkers Award of the German aviation press for his coverage of Fairchild Dornier’s bankruptcy. He was named the country’s top travel and air transport writer by the Travel Industry Club three times. Jens graduated from the Munich School of Journalism.
Airbus and the Chinese government appear close to announcing an extension of the narrowbody final assembly line at the Tianjin facility beyond the 2016 end of the original manufacturing agreement. According to industry sources, an official confirmation of the deal and its details is imminent and is expected as soon as today, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao are scheduled to visit the Tianjin plant.
